DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: THU 10/01 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0659z - - 1001z - - 1333z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 67.8 - - 61.9 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 16 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2324 - - 1222 - - 613 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 922 - - 921 - - 921 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 3213 - - 2111 - - 1502 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1328 - - 1375 - - 1400 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 208 - - 121 - - 62 W* B/S - - - - - - 2 - - 3 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 16 - - 7 - - 14 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 248 - - 354 - - 028 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 9 - - 2 - - 8 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 3 - - 2 - - 2 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1366 - - 748 - - 478 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 1847 - - 1363 - - 1024 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - 555 - - 268 - - -12 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 2658 - - 1843 - - 1514 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 100 - - 100 - - 100 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 470 - - 110 - - 170 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 74.2 - - 67.8 - - 61.9 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.8 - - 64.6 - - 60.3 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 74.1 - - 67.7 - - 62.0 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.7 - - 64.0 - - 60.1 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 37 - - 16 - - 3 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 2324 - - 1222 - - 613 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 102 - - 101 - - 101 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 13 - - 11 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 97836 14 241 17 268 16 262 97836 90590 15 248 14 262 12 265 90590 84991 12 250 12 260 11 269 84991 80344 9 278 10 270 8 301 80344 76335 7 249 11 253 11 321 76335 72783 6 231 9 248 11 273 72783 69572 8 242 11 253 15 239 69572 66629 11 230 19 239 16 240 66629 63902 15 213 22 228 19 253 63902 61256 15 255 25 231 29 244 61256 58510 28 254 31 239 35 236 58510 55679 35 242 42 243 43 242 55679 52979 37 235 53 236 51 245 52979 50549 59 248 58 238 64 246 50549 48368 74 241 63 243 74 244 48368 46383 75 238 75 244 83 237 46383 44563 74 243 82 244 90 240 44563 42882 79 247 89 245 97 244 42882 41316 84 248 92 244 96 243 41316 39840 84 247 89 240 92 240 39840 38438 78 245 83 235 84 236 38438 37074 71 240 80 231 81 234 37074 35681 63 239 78 231 78 234 35681 34233 59 236 73 232 73 236 34233 32734 59 234 63 232 70 237 32734 31166 56 235 57 232 66 238 31166 29517 54 235 53 231 63 236 29517 27790 55 235 51 230 59 230 27790 25985 53 235 49 233 51 225 25985 24106 46 239 45 237 48 223 24106 22158 34 250 41 239 44 227 22158 20135 36 245 38 239 38 233 20135 18033 38 239 36 238 32 243 18033 15897 38 239 31 241 30 250 15897 13844 31 230 27 251 31 250 13844 11983 33 229 26 248 31 242 11983 10333 39 231 27 239 27 235 10333 8863 41 228 28 234 23 227 8863 7555 39 225 30 238 18 227 7555 6395 35 226 31 252 10 246 6395 5374 33 232 30 262 7 342 5374 4479 29 238 18 272 14 026 4479 3693 22*243 8 304 20 031 3693 2992 19*245 8 352 24 031 2992 2376 19 245 8*353 22 030 2376 1862 16 249 8*354 20*029 1862 1468 15 250 7 355 18*028 1468 1196 14 252 7 355 15 028 1196 1032 12 252 6 354 13 028 1032 937 10 252 5 354 9 027 937 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography